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Various problems with ASRock Z68 GEN3 extreme7

I'm having a few issues with my new ASRock Z68 gen3 extreme7 and was hoping at least some of them could be fixed.

1) Mouse axis inverted in UEFI. I know this one is common, just listing it. Mouse is a Razer Lachesis.

2) Keyboard (Logitech G510) was not recognized by the BIOS in any port, there was a message indicating 2KB detected but it didn't work at all. Had to pull out an older keyboard which worked for the BIOS.

3) Slow boot time, it takes around a minute maybe a bit more before the splash screen even appears. This is extremely slow compared to my previous motherboard.

4) This one is a bit weird and I'm not sure it's the motherboard but installing windows 7 took over an hour. Using the same ODD and a similar SSD (recently installed on a Intel X25-M, a OCZ Vertex and a OCZ Agility 3) on another motherboard, it usually takes 15-20 minutes. I tried removing everything except the ODD and the SSD, I also tried changing the amount of ram (4gb, 8gb, 16gb) but nothing seemed to help.

5) It took 14 tries to get the video cards recognized and I know the cards are functional because they were installed in my previous build. Didn't get any output from the video card, thankfully this is a z68 so I managed to temporarily bypass the issue by using the onboard video and completely removing the vid cards. Could be an installation issue.

6) RAM profile was properly detected but not used, instead of the expected 1600mhz, 8-8-8-24, the bios went for 1333, 9-9-9-24 2T. Not really a bug but just annoying. Didn't dare set it manually before installing windows but I'll try changing it tonight.

Re: Various problems with ASRock Z68 GEN3 extreme7

Alright, so I had time to update the BIOS to version 1.30.

Issue #1 has been solved by the update

Issue #2 still exists, I have to revert to an older keyboard to get to the BIOS

Issue #3 is slightly better now but still longer than I expected, most likely because I finished the installation and it doesn't have to rescan and update the hardware everytime it boots but I still have a good 20-30s without any display, followed by 1 splash screen, 1 raid config and then another splashscreen before it starts booting windows.

Issue #5, the vid cards are detected properly now, the drivers are installed and the cards are running in SLI. Didn't have the time to install games so I didn't test it further.

Issue #6, didn't play with the RAM timings yet, wanted to finish the updates, etc. and then backup before messing with it and the OC.

So overall, things are much better now than yesterday but it's not fully resolved.

Re: Various problems with ASRock Z68 GEN3 extreme7

Emily, I sent the email address via private message.

Another small update, tried OC'ing the cpu (I started with a mild OC to 4.0GHz) and adjusting the RAM timings (to their specs, 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24). Everything went smoothly on the first try and it's stable. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied.

Re: Various problems with ASRock Z68 GEN3 extreme7

I've just been setting up mine in the last two days, too. I think the long post occurs when USB devices are hooked up. I remember having only my PS2 keyboard hooked up (through the included rear adapter) when I was booting and installing windows. It was a very fast post.

When you OC'd, did you just bump it to 40x? I just bumped from 33x on my 2500k to 38x without making any other changes and it tested stable on a max IBT test for about 25 minutes. Will do more testing, of course. Hoping to hit 4.5.

Re: Various problems with ASRock Z68 GEN3 extreme7

To be honest, I used the built-in profile and it worked well. I may fine tune it later but it's stable so that's the important part. I noticed that it bumped the multiplier to 40x and it bumped something else to 150 (not the BCLK). I'm not yet familiar with OC'ing the i5/i7 because my previous cpu was a Q9550 which relied on the good old FSB OC.